Process and system for rendering an object in a view using a product lifecycle management database

Abstract

The invention proposes a process for rendering an object view using a PLM database. The database comprises modeled objects and relations between said modeled objects. Said modeled objects are associated to a set of values of attributes, whose values are stored in the database or computable based on relations involving said modeled objects. The process comprises displaying to the user a view of a set of modeled objects; receiving a selection by a user of an attribute; querying the database for a modeled object to be rendered; providing a value of the selected attribute, associated to said modeled object; and rendering said modeled object in the view according to the provided value of the attribute. It is also possible for the user to select a value of an attribute and the rendering will be carried out only on the object, whose value(s) matches with the selected value.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to European Patent Application No. 04293049.5 filed on Dec. 20, 2004, which is currently pending. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to the field of computer programs and systems, and more specifically to a product lifecycle management database, which comprises data representative of modeled objects. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Computer-aided techniques include Computer-Aided Design or CAD, which relates to software solutions for authoring product design. Similarly, CAE is an acronym for Computer-Aided Engineering, e.g. it relates to software solutions for simulating the physical behavior of a future product. CAM stands for Computer-Aided Manufacturing and typically includes software solutions for defining manufacturing processes and operations. [0004] A number of systems and programs are offered on the market for the design of parts or assemblies of parts, forming a product, such...

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Problems solved by technology

Nevertheless, databases do usually not allow the user to easily navigate since the data do not have a graphical representation.

Data are identified by file names or types and those names may not be relevant enough to identify precisely the items that the user is looking for.

The user may further sometimes ignore the name of the parts, making it difficult to retrieve them.

Moreover, not all information is available through said “Properties” option.

Once the information is retrieved, he then has to go back to the edition window to keep on working on his project which is time and resource consuming.

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